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Question
If the haploid number of chromosomes in a plant species is 20, how many chromosomes will be
present in the cells of the shoot tip?
Solution
The number of chromosomes in the cells of shoot tip will be 40 as shoot tip cells are meristematic cells which are diploid cells (2n).
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